The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2097
Highlights this month
- 7WedMercury in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (9:45pm)
- 10SatThe Moon passes Saturn — 2° apart. (6:31am)
- 13TuePerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A 34% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
- 17SatMercury is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (9:29am)
- 21WedThe Moon passes Mars — 1° apart. (6:09am)
- 25SunMercury at greatest morning elongation (18° from the Sun, mag −0.2) — best morning apparition. (7:56pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 | 7:21am | 5:32pm | 10h 12m | 7:03pm | 5:50am |
| Sat 10 | 7:11am | 5:40pm | 10h 29m | 7:10pm | 5:41am |
| Tue 20 | 6:58am | 5:49pm | 10h 50m | 7:17pm | 5:30am |
| Sat 31 | 6:43am | 5:58pm | 11h 15m | 7:26pm | 5:15am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Last QuarterThu 1, 11:29am
- New MoonThu 8, 1:59am
- First QuarterThu 15, 7:04am
- Full MoonFri 23, 9:58am
- Last QuarterFri 30, 5:57pm
Perigee 6 Aug (360,800 km) · Apogee 18 Aug (405,400 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Cnc | 2.6 | 6:17am | 11:34am | 4:50pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Gem | −3.7 | 5:28am | 10:21am | 3:13pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Cap | −2.6 | 3:47pm | 11:17pm | 6:51am | All night |
| Jupiter | Cnc | −1.6 | 6:20am | 11:19am | 4:19pm | Hidden |
| Saturn | Leo | 0.9 | 8:20am | 2:02pm | 7:44pm | Evening |
| Uranus | Psc | 5.8 | 9:43pm | 3:34am | 9:22am | Morning |
| Neptune | Leo | 8.0 | 7:55am | 1:29pm | 7:04pm | Hidden |
Meteor showers
- Perseids — peaks 13 August, radiant in Perseus (up to 100/hr). The famous northern shower, but its far-northern radiant scarcely rises from Victoria — only a trickle this far south. A 34% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
The solar system — August 2097
Evening sky Morning sky Up much of the night Lost in the Sun’s glare
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Generated automatically from the MPAS sky engine on 31 August 2026.